Hampshire Government Contracts

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Government' in contract IT jobs within the Hampshire region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Government over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Avon Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cardigan Carlisle Ceredigion Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Doncaster Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hove Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Melrose Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochdale Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Torpoint Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	24	27
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	115	153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.153 %	0.155 %
As % of the category below	12.38 %	12.85 %
Daily rates quoted	19	32
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£364
Average daily rate	£329	£378
% change on same period last year	-12.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£387	£369
% change on same period last year	+4.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.81	£45.79
Average hourly rate	£28.39	£47.29
% change on same period last year	-39.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.96	£48.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.03	£31.14
% change on same period last year	-9.96 %
General Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	929	1191
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.238 %	1.205 %
Daily rates quoted	270	370
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£368
Average daily rate	£388	£390
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Average maximum daily rate	£411	£412
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	162	177
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.97	£31.80
Average hourly rate	£27.38	£33.46
% change on same period last year	-18.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.78	£35.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.78	£27.25
% change on same period last year	-1.70 %
Government South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Government across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Government across the Hampshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Government across the Hampshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Government across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Portsmouth	+1	26	£298	-23.22 %
Basingstoke	+10	7	£500	+44.14 %
Gosport	-3	6	-	-
Southampton	+5	5	£392	+27.89 %
Fareham	-	4	£225	-
Farnborough	-7	3	£242	-27.83 %
Havant	-2	2	-	-

Government South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Government also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Government.

1 166 (61.25 %) Security Cleared 2 102 (37.64 %) SC Cleared 3 42 (15.50 %) Oracle 4 41 (15.13 %) Windows 5 33 (12.18 %) SQL 6 27 (9.963 %) UML 7 25 (9.225 %) Java 8 21 (7.749 %) Configuration Management 8 21 (7.749 %) PRINCE2 9 19 (7.011 %) Active Directory 10 18 (6.642 %) C++ 10 18 (6.642 %) OO 10 18 (6.642 %) Telecoms 11 17 (6.273 %) .NET 11 17 (6.273 %) Local Government

12 16 (5.904 %) Linux 12 16 (5.904 %) Finance 13 15 (5.535 %) Military 13 15 (5.535 %) J2EE 13 15 (5.535 %) Business Analysis 14 14 (5.166 %) UNIX 14 14 (5.166 %) Microsoft 15 13 (4.797 %) CORBA 15 13 (4.797 %) MS Excel 15 13 (4.797 %) Project Management 15 13 (4.797 %) BC Cleared 16 12 (4.428 %) Windows Server 2003 17 11 (4.059 %) OOD 17 11 (4.059 %) MS Office 17 11 (4.059 %) C

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Government also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 17 (6.273 %) .NET 2 15 (5.535 %) J2EE 3 13 (4.797 %) CORBA 4 10 (3.690 %) WebSphere 5 9 (3.321 %) ASP.NET 6 6 (2.214 %) ArcObjects 7 5 (1.845 %) J2SE 7 5 (1.845 %) Middleware 7 5 (1.845 %) XML 8 3 (1.107 %) SOAP 9 2 (0.738 %) HTML 9 2 (0.738 %) AJAX 9 2 (0.738 %) .NET Framework 10 1 (0.369 %) Spring 10 1 (0.369 %) Struts 10 1 (0.369 %) JSP 10 1 (0.369 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 6 (2.214 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (1.845 %) ArcGIS 2 5 (1.845 %) CMS 3 4 (1.476 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (1.107 %) Oracle Spatial 4 3 (1.107 %) WebLogic 4 3 (1.107 %) ArcSDE 5 2 (0.738 %) WebSphere Message Broker 5 2 (0.738 %) Oracle BPEL 6 1 (0.369 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.369 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (0.369 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 1 (0.369 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.369 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (0.369 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.369 %) SAS 6 1 (0.369 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.369 %) Content Management Server 6 1 (0.369 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 13 (4.797 %) MS Excel 2 11 (4.059 %) MS Office 3 5 (1.845 %) MS Project 3 5 (1.845 %) MS Visio 4 4 (1.476 %) Spreadsheet 5 1 (0.369 %) QuarkXPress 5 1 (0.369 %) Pro/ENGINEER	Business Applications 1 3 (1.107 %) Oracle HRMS 1 3 (1.107 %) Oracle Applications 2 2 (0.738 %) Oracle Payroll 2 2 (0.738 %) SoftGrid 3 1 (0.369 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.369 %) assyst 3 1 (0.369 %) SAP FI 3 1 (0.369 %) SAP PS 3 1 (0.369 %) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking 1 9 (3.321 %) SAN 2 8 (2.952 %) Firewall 2 8 (2.952 %) VPN 3 7 (2.583 %) LAN 4 6 (2.214 %) WAN 5 4 (1.476 %) ATM 5 4 (1.476 %) VLAN 5 4 (1.476 %) Internet 6 3 (1.107 %) Extranet 6 3 (1.107 %) Cisco PIX 6 3 (1.107 %) TETRA 6 3 (1.107 %) Intrusion Detection 7 2 (0.738 %) Network Security 7 2 (0.738 %) Intranet 7 2 (0.738 %) SMS 7 2 (0.738 %) TCP/IP 8 1 (0.369 %) DNS 8 1 (0.369 %) SSL 8 1 (0.369 %) UMTS 8 1 (0.369 %) GPRS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (3.690 %) Oracle Reports 2 8 (2.952 %) Oracle 10g 2 8 (2.952 %) GIS 3 3 (1.107 %) SQL Server 3 3 (1.107 %) DB2 3 3 (1.107 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (0.738 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.369 %) MS Access 5 1 (0.369 %) Data Mining 5 1 (0.369 %) RDBMS 5 1 (0.369 %) SAP BW 5 1 (0.369 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 7 (2.583 %) ARTiSAN 2 6 (2.214 %) ClearCase 3 5 (1.845 %) Rational Rose 4 3 (1.107 %) JDeveloper 4 3 (1.107 %) LabVIEW 4 3 (1.107 %) ClearQuest 5 2 (0.738 %) JBuilder 5 2 (0.738 %) JUnit 5 2 (0.738 %) QuickTest Pro 6 1 (0.369 %) Subversion 6 1 (0.369 %) TestDirector 6 1 (0.369 %) Visual Studio 6 1 (0.369 %) Oracle Forms 6 1 (0.369 %) MSI 6 1 (0.369 %) InstallShield	General 1 18 (6.642 %) Telecoms 2 17 (6.273 %) Local Government 3 16 (5.904 %) Finance 4 15 (5.535 %) Military 5 10 (3.690 %) Construction 6 9 (3.321 %) Pensions 7 6 (2.214 %) Auditing 7 6 (2.214 %) Publishing 8 5 (1.845 %) Police 8 5 (1.845 %) Health 9 4 (1.476 %) General Ledger 9 4 (1.476 %) Criminal Justice 10 3 (1.107 %) Manufacturing 10 3 (1.107 %) Education 11 2 (0.738 %) Electric 11 2 (0.738 %) Back Office 11 2 (0.738 %) Law 12 1 (0.369 %) Aerospace 12 1 (0.369 %) Banking 12 1 (0.369 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 58 (21.40 %) Analyst 2 48 (17.71 %) Developer 3 26 (9.594 %) Business Analyst 4 22 (8.118 %) Project Manager 5 16 (5.904 %) Consultant 6 15 (5.535 %) Tester 7 13 (4.797 %) Architect 7 13 (4.797 %) SQL Developer 8 12 (4.428 %) Test Analyst 9 11 (4.059 %) Software Engineer 9 11 (4.059 %) Software Developer 9 11 (4.059 %) PC Engineer 10 9 (3.321 %) Support Analyst 11 7 (2.583 %) Administrator 12 6 (2.214 %) Java Developer 12 6 (2.214 %) Test Engineer 12 6 (2.214 %) Software Architect 12 6 (2.214 %) Requirements Analyst 13 5 (1.845 %) Technical Manager 13 5 (1.845 %) Oracle Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 7 (2.583 %) Thin Client 1 7 (2.583 %) Fat Client 2 6 (2.214 %) Client/Server 3 3 (1.107 %) Management Information System 4 2 (0.738 %) Handset 4 2 (0.738 %) Web 2.0 5 1 (0.369 %) PDA 5 1 (0.369 %) Statistics 5 1 (0.369 %) Data Protection Act 5 1 (0.369 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.369 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.369 %) Biometrics
Operating Systems 1 41 (15.13 %) Windows 2 16 (5.904 %) Linux 3 14 (5.166 %) UNIX 4 12 (4.428 %) Windows Server 2003 5 7 (2.583 %) Windows XP 6 6 (2.214 %) Solaris 7 5 (1.845 %) Windows 2000 8 4 (1.476 %) SUSE 9 3 (1.107 %) Windows NT 10 1 (0.369 %) Debian 10 1 (0.369 %) Windows Mobile 10 1 (0.369 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 166 (61.25 %) Security Cleared 2 102 (37.64 %) SC Cleared 3 27 (9.963 %) UML 4 21 (7.749 %) PRINCE2 4 21 (7.749 %) Configuration Management 5 18 (6.642 %) OO 6 15 (5.535 %) Business Analysis 7 13 (4.797 %) BC Cleared 7 13 (4.797 %) Project Management 8 11 (4.059 %) OOD 9 10 (3.690 %) Migration 9 10 (3.690 %) Stakeholder Management 9 10 (3.690 %) Software Engineering 10 9 (3.321 %) Unit Testing 10 9 (3.321 %) Quality Management 10 9 (3.321 %) ITIL 11 7 (2.583 %) Data Modelling 11 7 (2.583 %) Change Management 12 6 (2.214 %) RUP 12 6 (2.214 %) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages 1 33 (12.18 %) SQL 2 25 (9.225 %) Java 3 18 (6.642 %) C++ 4 11 (4.059 %) C 5 10 (3.690 %) PL/SQL 6 9 (3.321 %) C# 7 7 (2.583 %) VB 7 7 (2.583 %) Ada 8 6 (2.214 %) VB.NET 9 4 (1.476 %) Embedded C 9 4 (1.476 %) Embedded C++ 10 3 (1.107 %) Shell Script 10 3 (1.107 %) VB6 11 2 (0.738 %) JavaScript 11 2 (0.738 %) VC++ 11 2 (0.738 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 9 (3.321 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (2.583 %) MCSE 3 6 (2.214 %) ISEB 4 5 (1.845 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 5 (1.845 %) Degree 5 4 (1.476 %) Cisco Certification 5 4 (1.476 %) Citrix Certification 5 4 (1.476 %) CCEA 6 3 (1.107 %) CCNP 7 2 (0.738 %) CCNA 7 2 (0.738 %) HND 7 2 (0.738 %) MCP 8 1 (0.369 %) HNC 8 1 (0.369 %) CCDP 8 1 (0.369 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.476 %) QA 2 3 (1.107 %) SLA 3 2 (0.738 %) ISO9001 4 1 (0.369 %) ISO9000 4 1 (0.369 %) TickIT 4 1 (0.369 %) ISO27001 4 1 (0.369 %) JSP 440 4 1 (0.369 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 19 (7.011 %) Active Directory 2 5 (1.845 %) VMware ESX 3 4 (1.476 %) Terminal Server 3 4 (1.476 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 3 (1.107 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 3 (1.107 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.369 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 3 (1.107 %) MOM 2 1 (0.369 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 1 (0.369 %) SCCM 2 1 (0.369 %) SCOM 2 1 (0.369 %) Unicenter 2 1 (0.369 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 42 (15.50 %) Oracle 2 14 (5.166 %) Microsoft 3 8 (2.952 %) Cisco 4 7 (2.583 %) HP 4 7 (2.583 %) Citrix 5 6 (2.214 %) Sun 5 6 (2.214 %) SAP 5 6 (2.214 %) VMware 6 4 (1.476 %) ESRI 6 4 (1.476 %) CheckPoint 7 3 (1.107 %) VERITAS 7 3 (1.107 %) CA 8 2 (0.738 %) Novell 8 2 (0.738 %) Symbian 9 1 (0.369 %) IBM 9 1 (0.369 %) EMC 9 1 (0.369 %) Peregrine 9 1 (0.369 %) Tridion 9 1 (0.369 %) Quark 9 1 (0.369 %) Juniper